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The latest 2SPOCK
This one is soon to be available as a sticker, courtesy of Sticker Robot.
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Star Trek Cross-Country Road Trip
Not really my thing, but for all you Trekkies out there...Enjoy!
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Bead me up Scotty!
Finally, what I've been waiting for all my life has arrived - a Captain Kirk bead curtain.
The 'Trekkie' responsible for the curtain used over 25,000 beads and coloured thread to make it, and is adding it to her collection of other similarly Trek-beaded wonders, which includes the Enterprise, Spock, and the holodeck. Finally, what I've been waiting for all my life has arrived - a Captain Kirk bead curtain. ... more -
Transparent Aluminum: Just like Scotty used to make
Just like in Star Trek, a Transparent, alumiunum based armor is being optimized by engineers at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.
The Product is called ALON:
"ALONtm [sic] is a ceramic compound with a high compressive strength and durability. When polished, it is the premier transparent armor for use in armored vehicles, said. 1st Lt. Joseph La Monica, transparent armor sub-direction lead
'The substance itself is light years ahead of glass, he said, adding that it offers 'higher performance and lighter weight.'
Traditional transparent armor is thick layers of bonded glass. The new armor combines the transparent ALONtm [sic] piece as a strike plate, a middle section of glass and a polymer backing. Each layer is visibly thinner than the traditional layers.
ALONtm [sic] is virtually scratch resistant, offers substantial impact resistance, and provides better durability and protection against armor piercing threats, at roughly half the weight and half the thickness of traditional glass transparent armor, said the lieutenant." Just like in Star Trek, a Transparent, alumiunum based armor is being optimized by engineers at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. ... more -
The Mind of the Vegas Voter Part 1
The typical Las Vegas voter is 25% culinary worker, 25% pole dancer and 50% from another galaxy. Citizen Kate takes us through her day of polling, practice caucusing and her media explosion. The typical Las Vegas voter is 25% culinary worker, 25% pole dancer and 50% from another galaxy. Citizen Kate takes us through her day... more
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Trekkies on Strike!
I wonder when and if any Star Wars fans will start picketing...
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